Obviously this is to late for this year, but after talking to someone in the Southern Hemisphere last night, I realized that the 10 hour rotations are a hardship for a lot of people. I'm wondering if next year, instead of 10 hour rotations, they could be separated in to 2 five hour rotations each. That would give everybody, no matter where they lived an equal shot at each shop.

Yep I so very much agree!! I'd love to see the 2 five hour rotations per shop.

I know I struggled to get items from the wears, books, beanbags and plushie shop and had to ask someone to help get the items for me, which would mean they are buying for them as well as a friend and this is hard to do.

I also agree with this suggestion. Based on the time stock rotated in, I didn't see the clothes since I worked during the 10 hour stretch (yep, the entire time, my daily shift is 9 1/2 hours and it takes me about 40 minutes to drive there and 40 minutes home).

It would be nice to see it all broken up into 2 5-hour stretches per shop or maybe bring back a shop that doesn't not keep consistent stock but instead operates like Freyalise - where certain items restock randomly throughout the day for far less than the absurd prices they stick on the items sold in The Brewery :)

I thought suggested this here. And Chookie created another one too xD

This must be so popular, and I think it will alleviate hardship for those who aren't on at the right time for various reasons (timezones, work, school).

I created a topic on this as well. My idea was to have the same times each day as now but with different shops in rotation.

yes definitely

Yes please!

I really don't care what the solution is, so long as there is one. I only managed to see the beanbag/book/clothing/plushie shop on Saturday and Sunday because it opens when me and my daughter get ready for work and school (6 AM - no time to really do much then, unless she manages to sleep an extra 5 minutes) and then we leave and are gone all day. The earliest we can possibly get home is 5 PM and by that time, the beanbag/book/clothing/plushie shop is "closed". Perhaps all 3 shops could be open all the time and the time between purchases is increased to 10 minutes instead of 5?

It's a really good idea. Thanks for suggesting!

I agree. I had one day off where I had the chance to restock, but other than that te most I managed was about 20 minutes by the time I got home from work. I work 9-5 NL time

Though it doesn't make a lick of sense lore-wise, I have to say this would help more people than hurt.....

I totaly agree on that !!!! because i missed all the new beers and samplers this year :( because that shop restocked while i was working or sleeping :(

not everyone is able to sit and wait 20 out of 24 hours at a pc to see if the items you want restock after all !!!!

It would be nice being able to buy everything (or at least most of the things) you need from these shops rather than from usershops for ridiculous prices, despite one's time zone.

I work while all of the daytime items are in the shop so I only had the weekend and a little time at lunch to grab items. Of course I want more items from that group than any other!

Totally agree that something needs to change. I'm online quite a bit, but still struggled to get all the stuff from the boutique because of the time limitations.

Yeah I already made a topic about this here! Maybe all three should be combined into one haha.

As I said in mine, either 5hr windows and the shops would be in twice per day or just mix up the shops so they are open at a different time would be a great improvement.

I don't remember them even having a rotation in the past, they should run two shops like they do for Masquerade, and they should have free beer floating around to be used in the drinking games.

I totally agree with the five hour rotation and I would love to see the prices drop a bite.

I would love shop time changes but at the same time I got a LOT of items this year (did I even participate in prior years? ugh) but I did miss most of the beer shop items because of the hours (hello sleep!). I'm a bit on the fence on this because I know I'll be able to complete the rest of the items next year (I think I bought over 300 items this year alone). Granted, I devoted more time than a lot of others... idk. I'm not much help here I suppose because I can see why it is the way it is but it's always nice to have more time and opportunity to do something.

I think the prices are fine though, that much I can say!

I work nine hour shifts, and it takes 20mins to get to my job, so I was out of luck every day I worked, so I had all of one day to shop for the wears.